From: on Aug 27, 7:38 pm


RST Engineering wrote:

Nobody ever claimed that it is a dead mode.

Yes, they have. Obviously they haven't actually
listened to the parts of the ham bands where
Morse Code is used.

"Ham bands" on the HF spectrum are small in width. Listen to the
OTHER 86 percent of HF bandspace to hear "all the morse code."
Hear any? No? Well, then, to all those other radio services,
morse code radiotelegraphy is DEAD.

Model Ts aren't dead.
Tailwheel airplanes aren't dead. Neither is CW.

True enough.

However, the driver's license test doesn't include hand-
cranking Model T
engines, nor does the airplane certificate test include 3-point
landings in tailwheel airplanes.

That's because the percentage of autos with handcranks is very
small. So is the percentage of taildragger aircraft.

But the percentage of ham stations on HF/MF using Morse Code
is much, much higher.

Quantify "much, much higher." Give us a NUMBER, not the
subjective wish-fulfillment of a radiotelegraphist lifestyler.


However, the remaining Morse Code test is probably going away
soon.

Then why are you persisting?

Why hang on to an obsolete technology on the EXAM for
those who choose not to participate in the obsolete mode?

"Obsolete"? Morse Code is the second most popular mode
in HF amateur radio.

What about the other 99% of allocated amateur bandspace?

Is morse code radiotelegraphy "number two" there?


Why are there written exams with questions on electronics for
those who chose not to build their radios?

Ask the VEC QPC. They make up the questions.

Hint: The VEC are made up of licensed radio amateurs.

Show us WHERE in Part 97, Title 47 C.F.R. where the FCC
specifies the minimum number of various kinds of questions
that are supposed to be on a license test.

Moreover, there aren't special lanes on the road for Model Ts,
nor are there special runways for tailwheel airplanes.

But there are special lanes on some roads for cars only, high-occupancy
vehicles only, etc.

There are sidewalks and trails on which motor vehicles are banned.

You are confused. Hop on a Bombardier ATV and see how one can
travel all those "banned" trails.

Why are there special segments of the band for CW.

The only CW-only parts of the US ham bands are 50.0-50.1 MHz and
144.0-144.1 MHz. All other HF "CW" subbands are shared with
digital/data modes.

Thank you, Capt. Oblivious. Now tell us WHY those VHF sub-
bands are devoted to morse code radiotelegraphy?

For moonbounce? How much "EME" have you done, Jimmie?

Aren't those sub-bands a result of LOBBYING by codeaholics for
"on-air practice morse code transmissions," put there in another
effort to make all U.S. radio amateurs know and love the code?

Why else is there such EXCLISIVITY in a singular mode at VHF?

Please give us your renowned, learned experience at VHF and up...